Bryn Mawr is all about “empowering women to achieve their dreams.” The school has a “reputation for strong academics,” and students confirm that work there is “no joke.” Bryn Mawr is a small college, which means small classes. One student reports that most of hers have “around ten people,” and another says her largest lecture class had forty students. This leads to “deep discussions [and] meaningful relationships [being] formed with peers and colleagues.” Classes are “very interactive,” and “great student-teacher relationships [are] established by the way classes are conducted.” The faculty is “amazing and no doubt brilliant,” and “they go a long way to make sure you don’t only feel like students but also like a mini-family.” Students think one of the best parts about Bryn Mawr is the “amazing academic opportunities within the tri-co,” and the “Quaker consortium”: agreements that allow students to take classes at Haverford, Swarthmore, and the University of Pennsylvania. All of these great attributes combine to make Bryn Mawr a fantastic college experience.

“There is no typical student,” at Bryn Mawr, “aside from women with a passion for learning and a commitment to excellence.” Though the intense workload means students are “very interested in… academics and work hard to get good grades,” they “are also social” and “take time to build up strong friendships with other students.” Students at Bryn Mawr really respect each other ’s individuality and love that their peers “have a purposive direction in regards to what they want to do with their future.”

Bryn Mawr has an “absolutely beautiful campus. Even though it has a suburban location, “the proximity and ease in traveling to Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC, is beyond fantastic.”Academics are the focus of life at Bryn Mawr,” “We do a lot of studying,” a student explains, “but we also enjoy our time here.” There are “tons of school-sponsored activities,” and there are opportunities to go to dances with tons of people,” at Bryn Mawr or at Haverford. “Meals here are really important,” adds a student. “Dinner can be the only time we’ll see each other, [which] can easily go on for an hour and a half.” Bryn Mawr’s “amazing food” probably has something to do with that.

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